Maulvi Nazir

Maulvi Nazir (1975-2 January 2013) was a leader of the Taliban during the Waziristan War. He was killed in a CIA drone strike.

Biography
Maulvi Nazir was a member of the Ahmedzai Wazir tribe of Kakakhel, and a dual citizen of Afghanistan and Pakistan. During the Soviet-Afghan War he joined an ISI-backed militant organization that fought against the Soviet Union's invasion, and he joined Mullah Dadullah and Sirajuddin Haqqani's groups in 2006. Around the same time, he fought against the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, a rival rebel group in Pakistan that was also trying to overthrow the Pakistani government.

Death
Nazir was targeted by the CIA in 2013, and was killed in a drone strike in Angoor Adda, near the South Waziristan capital of Wana. He was succeeded by Bahawal Khan.